Wowie Untulan of North Delta’s Delview Raiders begins his college basketball career next season at Surrey’s Kwantlen Polytechnic, where his former high school coach, Vlad Nikic, will become his new university coach. (PNG file photo)

Kendra Finch of North Vancouver’s Argyle Pipers will continue her volleyball career at the CIS level next season when she travels to Kamloops and joins the Thompson Rivers WolfPack. (Steve Bosch, PNG photo)

Lucas Bill of North Vancouver’s Carson Graham Eagles, is off to Hamilton to join the perennial Vanier Cup contenders, the McMaster Marauders. Meanwhile, Nicole Hutchinson of West Vancouver’s Sentinel Spartans joins one of the top middle-distance track program in the world as a freshman-to-be with the Villanova Wildcats. (PNG photos — Wayne Leidenfrost)

VANCOUVER — Over what is now nine straight years, we at The Province have wrapped up our annual coverage of high school and university sports in B.C. with what we simply call our Recruits List.
It’s a format that has … Continue reading →

UBC’s Kris Young, pictured during Friday’s 72-59 Canada West conference semifinal win over Alberta, came back to score the winning bucket in a championship final victory over the Saskatchewan Huskies on Saturday at War Memorial Gym. (Bob Frid, UBC athletics)

VANCOUVER — In hindsight, it was almost foolhardy to think that a home career as expansive and decorated as Kris Young’s could end in anything but spectacular fashion.
And so it came pass Saturday night that the fifth-year senior and … Continue reading →

BURNABY — Basketball coaches are fond of using the term ‘easy baskets’ to describe the hoops every team is supposed to score over the course of a game.
But analyze the term for any amount of time and you begin … Continue reading →

It was a glorious, thrilling finish to the boys' high school basketball season on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre, as both the Triple-A and Quad-A finals were games for the ages. Continue reading →

VANCOUVER — Two of the most dominant teams in conference history will be the ones to beat when the PACWEST men’s and women’s basketball championships open a three-day run Thursday at New Westminster’s Douglas College (full schedule below).
While the … Continue reading →

Former foes, UBC's Jordan Jensen-Whyte (left) and TWU's Tonner Jackson are new teammates this season, and among just eight healthy on the roster as the blue-and-gold welcome the Spartans to War on Friday and Saturday. (PNG file photo)

VANCOUVER — The injury situation is so ridiculous these days with the UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball team that head coach Kevin Hanson can only laugh at its incredulity.
Except Hansen won’t laugh, and not because he’s had to do nothing … Continue reading →

BELLINGHAM — The Simon Fraser Clan, getting its first chance to make a racket in the NCAA Div. 2 national women’s basketball championship bracket, is making itself heard.
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe was near flawless in the opening half of the Clan’s … Continue reading →

ABBOTSFORD — It was last-second play designed to net a quick bucket, but it broke down.
Last season, that would probably have spelled the end for the men’s basketball team at Abbotsford’s Columbia Bible College.
This past Saturday, however, things … Continue reading →